Abstract
Transparency international state that the corrupt transaction is often enabled by professionals from many fields and that the corrupt intermediaries link givers and takers, creating an atmosphere of mutual trust and reciprocity; they attempt to provide a legal appearance to corrupt transactions, producing legally enforceable contracts; and they help to ensure that scapegoats are blamed in case of detection. A number of writers have down the years sought to elaborate on the link between professional elites and the occurrence of organised crimes of an economic nature. Most if not all have postulated that as a matter of fact, the organised crimes of an economic nature only succeed because of the aid of professionals, referred thus as professional enablers. These professionals are by virtue of their expertise able to smoothen the process of commission of the crimes. A lawyer will for instance use his position to execute real estate transactions as part of a money laundering scheme while an auditor will likewise turn a blind eye on falsified accounting or financial statements as evidenced by the Parmalat, Enron, Toshiba or WorldCom corporate scandals. They are generally referred to as professional enablers. This paper is dedicated towards revisiting this link between these professional enablers and organised crime of an economic nature with particular focus on Kenya.
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